Ultimi contenuti di #Environment
Day of Forests: EU Commission, “new guidelines” for “wildfire prevention and effective responses”
Water: Borrell and Sinkevičius (EU), “everyone needs to play their part; let’s make every drop count”.
Monoculture plantations where forests are burning, territories devastated: native peoples’ “resistance” in the wake of Laudato Si
di Bruno Desidera*Uncontrolled deforestation, land devastation, forest fires. To combat the damaging effects of monoculture, the mobilisation of the local community in…
United Kingdom: zero emissions, 100 parishes and 200 schools involved in the two-year project of the Catholic Church
Climate: US rejoining Paris Agreement. Guterres (UN) welcomes “President Biden’s commitment. But there is a very long way to go”
Eurostat: over 40% of plastic packaging recycled in Europe. Record-breaking numbers in Lithuania, Malta last on the list. Italy above EU average
Environment: EEA, fewer deaths from pollution but still a high number of deaths. Too much smog in Italy, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Poland and Romania
G20: health, economy, climate and the environment on the agenda. Von der Leyen (EU Commission), “a new start in multilateral cooperation”
EU Commission: 280 million for the environment. Timmermans, “Green Deal, our roadmap to a green and inclusive Europe”
EU Parliament: voting on “climate law”. Guteland (rapporteur), if passed “it will be a time-defining moment”
Amazon continues to burn. Droughts and arson fires destroy extraordinary biodiversity
di Bruno Desidera (*)Last year it dominated the headlines. One year later, as Covid-19 rages on, it is barely mentioned. Yet the Amazon,…